PEARLS Project Management

Work Package 6

Leaded by USE

PARTICIPANTS

FOCUS

WORK PACKAGE MANAGEMENT underlies project effectiveness, efficiency and justification. The main goal is for the PEARLS project to be developed optimally through secondment organisation, management and execution. The main contribution will be to ensure the international, multisectoral exchange of staff members with equal opportunities for all consortium members. This means that efforts in innovation research and knowledge transfer will guarantee the project’s success.

OBJECTIVES

01. To adopt financial and administrative procedures for monitoring, tracking and controlling deviations caused by progress, costs, and financial and scheduling changes.

02. To lead the consortium’s internal network activities through the Steering Committee. Coordinated supervision and monitoring of PEARLS project scientific work packages to ensure their correct implementation, delivery of results and risk control.

03. To identify, manage and protect intellectual property generated in the project. To map out the commercial and research development of project results in the future establishing and exploitation plan.

04. To guarantee communication with the Advisory Board, keeping it updated on the project’s work going forward, and contributing to the implementation of its recommendations.

TASKS

1.

Establishment of Project intranet communication as Internal Communication (IC) to provide key information on the Project and contact information for all partners. This includes creating, distributing, and updating the project handbook, implementing and administering the online collaboration platform and online GIS facilities.

2.

Supervision of periodic reports (PR) (Scientific, financial and managerial reports), keeping records of supporting documentation and preparing internal work documents for tasks. Project results will be periodically reviewed, assessed and reported to implement the strategy for protection and/or publication together with the quality assurance procedure. Projects results will be periodically reviewed, assessed and reported to implement the strategy for protection and/or publication together with the quality assurance procedure. Projects results will be assessed and reported to draft an exploitation plan & strategy with appropriate protection where applicable.